Photos: Ukrainian churches in Alberta

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Interior of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church near Borschiw, about 100 kilometres southeast of Edmonton. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

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A nalavnyk, a traditional woven bench covering at the Orthodox Ukrainian Church of St. Demetrius, Vilna, about 150 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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A painting of the Holy Family by Peter Lipinski (1888-1975), a Ukrainian-Canadian artist whose paintings adorned dozens of prairie churches. This one was in the Spasa Moskalyk, a church northeast of Mundare, which is scheduled to be burned on March 9th. The painting has been moved to the Basilian Fathers Museum in Mundare.
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A sampling of intricate embroidery from a deconsecrated Ukrainian Orthodox Church and former school house near Peace River. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Devale Russian Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, near Spirit River, about 80 kilometres north of Grande Prairie. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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A deconsecrated Ukrainian Orthodox Church, formerly a school house, near Peace River. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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The interior of St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic, near Waugh, about 60 kilometres north of Edmonton. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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The Russian Orthodox church of Ss. Peter and Paul, near North Star, AB, a hamlet 70 kilometres north of Peace River. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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The Ukrainian Catholic church of All Saints, now inactive and vandalized, near Hotchkiss, 18 kilometres north of Manning . Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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A cross from an Orthodox Church near Volin, about 70 kilometres north of Grande Prairie. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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A depiction of Jesus on a velvet painting, an example of the variety of art in Ukrainian churches on the prairies. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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A blessing of graves outside the Ukrainian Orthodox church of Ss. Peter and Paul, near Seba Beach, a village 85 kilometres west of Edmonton. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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The exterior of St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic, near Waugh, about 60 kilometres north of Edmonton. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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The Orthodox Church near Volin, about 70 kilometres north of Grande Prairie. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Interior of the St. George Ukrainian Catholic church near Manly, in Lac Ste. Anne County, northwest of Edmonton. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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A historic funeral picture featuring a processional cross from an Orthodox Church in Volin, about 70 kilometres north of Grande Prairie. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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The iconostasis at the Devale Russian Orthodox church of the Holy Trinity, near Spirit River, was originally painted near Mt. Athos, Greece. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Orthodox Ukrainian Church of St. Demetrius, in Vilna, about 150 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Ukrainian Orthodox church of Ss. Peter and Paul, near Seba Beach, a village 85 kilometres west of Edmonton. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Ss. Peter and Paul near Kaleland, about 140 kilometres east of Edmonton. The church copies a centuries-old design from the Bukovina region of Ukraine. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Part of the iconostasis at the Ukrainian Orthodox Ss. Peter and Paul near Kaleland, about 140 kilometres east of Edmonton. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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The Ukrainian Catholic church of All Saints, now inactive and vandalized, near Hotchkiss, 18 kilometres north of Manning . Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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St. George Ukrainian Catholic church near Manly, in Lac Ste. Anne County, northwest of Edmonton. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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This rare 19th-century folk icon from Ukraine belongs to a Ukrainian Orthodox church in north central Alberta. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church near Borschiw, about 100 kilometres southeast of Edmonton. Photographed for Sanctuary, a University of Alberta project to chronicle all Ukrainian churches and artifacts in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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